diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ab1aa3a8b..637af0f10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ if (ENABLE_QT5)
         find_package(Qt5Quick REQUIRED)
         find_package(Qt5Qml REQUIRED)
     endif (ENABLE_UBUNTU)
+    if (APPLE OR WIN32)
+        get_target_property(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE Qt5::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+        exec_program(${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE} ARGS -query QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR)
+    endif (APPLE OR WIN32)
 else (ENABLE_QT5)
     find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED QtCore QtGui QtXml QtNetwork QtSvg)
     set(QTCORELIBS ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY})